Hallucinated citations are polluting scientific literature. What can be done?(nature.com)

Hallucinated citations are polluting scientific literature. What can be done?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00969-z

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> Johnston says she is taking a hard line: when such a citation is found in a submission to RIPE, she says, the authors are prohibited from resubmitting the work to the journal.

This is the way to go. The other journals are being too nice.

A middle ground might be to ban them for 5 years. If they do it again after the ban, then they get a lifetime ban.

Put the burden on the researcher. If they are unwilling to take on this task, what other corners did they cut?

vrighter3개월 전

prohibited from sutmitting ~the~ work to the journal

GeoSys3개월 전

How about prohibiting them entirely ... as if they've plagiarized someone else's work (which they did)

vrighter3개월 전

that was the intent of my comment. The tildes were supposed to mean strikethrough

Kaibeezy3개월 전

https://archive.ph/HsJbl